There is light at the end of the tunnel

            See the Light at the End of the Tunnel

The origin of this expression is unclear. Some sources say the idiom is first attested in the early 1900s. Others put it in the 1800s.

Regardless, the idiom should call to mind a dark and dangerous tunnel. When one can see the light at the end of the tunnel, one knows how to get out, and that the end of the ordeal is almost there. The light symbolizes hope.

It is possible that the U.S. President John F. Kennedy helped to popularize this expression when he used it in a speech about the Vietnam War.

Sometimes, people joke that the light at the end of the tunnel is actually the light of an oncoming train. The idea behind this is to make an optimistic expression more negative.

This might be the case with the current pandemic.

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It would have been nice to get both hands on the binoculars, but that day I didn't have the tripod; so the camera was in my left hand.

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Taken on: March 23, 2021

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